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#1 2013-11-29 06:49:30

Nils-Ake
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n^2

big_smile I have just realized




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#2 2013-11-29 07:04:53

bobbym
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Re: n^2

Hi;

From your table we get the difference equation,

with

when solved for we get


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#3 2013-11-29 13:24:43

Nils-Ake
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Re: n^2

Thanks bobby smile I think the symmetry is pretty cool!

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#4 2013-11-29 14:01:38

bobbym
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Re: n^2

Hi;

I do not know whether it is original but I have never seen it put like that so thanks for posting it.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#5 2013-11-29 14:14:33

Agnishom
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Re: n^2

bobbym wrote:

Hi;

From your table we get the difference equation,

with

when solved for we get

What does this mean?


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#6 2013-11-29 14:16:27

bobbym
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Re: n^2

Take a look at the table he constructed and think iteratively.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#7 2013-11-29 21:06:34

Bob
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Re: n^2

hi Nils-Ake

Many of my posts have diagrams.  Here's one for your discovery.  smile

Bob


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#8 2013-11-29 23:21:35

Nehushtan
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#9 2013-12-03 04:09:06

antonrasmussen
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Re: n^2

Interested to hear more on how you stumbled onto this . . . were you working on something? Playing around?

Also, this seems to relate to Pascal's triangle . . . is there a connection there?


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